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- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
Summary During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary e...
Directed By: Jalmari Helander
Written By: Jalmari Helander
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 31 m
Sisu
70
6.5
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Summary During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary e...
Directed By: Jalmari Helander
Written By: Jalmari Helander
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
70
72% Positive
18 Reviews
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28% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
70
72% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A hybrid action/war/revenge film with enough octane to blast Michael Bay out of competition.
Ostensibly a middling programmer meant to satiate our cinematic bloodlust during the lull between John Wick 4 and The Equalizer 3, this period neck-snapper from Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander may not only surpass both those films, it could end up taking the gore-splattered crown as the most satisfying, over-the-top violent action movie of the summer.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 121 User Ratings
6.5
64% Positive
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
21% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
14% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 121 User Ratings
6.5
64% Positive
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
21% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
14% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
I thought it was brilliant! PThe best movie of the year for me. Promoted only on X that I saw, and it paid off big time. So much fun, better than a John Wick movie to me and definitely better than a superhero movie. Done by chapter, vigilante was perfect, story was wild but so much fun, and filmed beautifully. Thank you team SISU.
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Excellent Blood and guts redemption film taking out the garbage (even though I have German heritage). I wish the Finnish would put out a film about their best sniper The White Death Simo Häyhä. Now that would be a masterpiece!
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Aatami is like some figure out of folk myth let loose on his persecutors, shaking off a ridiculous assortment of injuries between one set piece and the next.
Sisu keeps it simple as a smaller-focus WWII epic that loves killing Nazis as much as we love watching them die in over-the-top ways.
The violence is gory enough to make the audience squirm, and just cartoonish enough to give it permission to laugh. Like the “John Wick” movies, it’s really one brutal set piece after another, though the choreography is not as poetic here.
Jalmari Helander’s Sisu is basically what might happen if someone transplanted “Fury Road” into Finland, lost 90 percent of what made that film into an unrepeatable force of nature, and tried to make up the difference by exploding as many Nazis as possible in outrageously violent fashion.
It may have benefited from a quickened pace, or touches of humor, or heightened stakes because — at least in this film — watching Nazis get theirs is a vein of amusement that runs dry.
Amazing film, beautifully paced, gracefully shot, well written, fun as hell all the characters were great and the payoff is awesome. Hollywood should take note a movie should be an experience worth conversing about. Most hollywood movies are a conversation being lectured to you by a **** and then them crying when you clearly say you didn't have a good time watching you whine. Long story WATCH this movie
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To be honest I am not sure why so many people hyped this movie. I think what kind of ruined it for me was people comparing it to John Wick. It's nothing like John Wick at all. I guess him being practically unkillable is the link. But outside of that it felt needlessly gory. The action was decent. The story was pointless. But I am glad it wasn't a long movie. It's one of those movies that I will watch once, enjoy it just enough, and never watch it again. I think this could have been more. The cinematography was excellent.
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It has some good moments, but feels like a reskinned John Wick. The protagonist even has a cute dog! Action scenes are clunky sometimes, but at least there are bloody scenes. It's entertaining, but that's it.
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Makes watching someone killing **** boring. An incredible feat on its own. It’s too damn stupid to be fun, insulting even
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Awards
Jussi Awards
• 9 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
